Defenders of the citizen of Ukraine Hopes Savchenko hope at the preliminary hearing in the case, which will be held on Thursday, to assess the condition of the defendant and to file a number of motions.

"We have not seen Savchenko's been two weeks since then, as she was taken away from" sailor's silence " (Moscow SIZO). We wish today to see in which condition it, what is her health, " - told reporters one of her lawyers Nikolai Polozov.

Another lawyer mark Feigin told that at the preliminary hearing protection will be a number of applications, among them the transfer of the case to the capital of Russia. Review protection, in the Rostov region, in the vicinity of the border with Ukraine, is not in full force to provide safety of participants of process.

The process begins in Donetsk city court of the Rostov region, to him the centre of attention of international observers. The meeting had already arrived employees of the foreign Ministry of Britain and the Netherlands.

according to the SC of the Russian Federation, during the hostilities in the district of Lugansk in June 2014, Savchenko, knowing the coordinates of the location of the group of Russian correspondents VGTRK and other civilians, handed them over to the Ukrainian troops. In the end, caused artileriyska blows two correspondents lost his life.

in addition, the Ukrainian pilot charged with illegal crossing of border of Russia and Ukraine. Savchenko, who all charges fundamentally rejects, threatens till 25 years of imprisonment.

sections: Politics